Chinese mom fire-bombs water firm for denying son job
August 28th, 2012 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Aug 28 (IANS) Three people were killed and four injured when a woman who was angry with her former water company for not giving her son a job hurled ... Read more...
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TDP legislators protest at Reddy’s office
August 28th, 2012 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 27 (IANS) In an unprecedented move, the legislators of main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh continued their protest in the chief minister's office late Monday ... Read more...
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Man plunges to his death from London’s Tate modern gallery
July 25th, 2012 - 7:29 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, July 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A man has plunged to his death from the Members Rooms of the Tate Modern Gallery. The accident happened on Tuesday evening at around 6 pm.The gallery ... Read more...
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Oprah Winfrey sells Chicago apartment
July 19th, 2012 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chicago, July 19 (IANS) Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has sold her apartment in Chicago, Illinois, for $2.75 million.The 58-year-old's Streeterville-area apartment was sold Tuesday, reports contactmusic.com. Six years ... Read more...
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Mantralaya to be functional in three months, says Bhujbal (Lead)
June 23rd, 2012 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) The Maharashtra government's fire-ravaged administrative headquarters, Mantralaya, is expected to be fully functional within three months, Public Works Department Minister Chhagan Bhujbal said here Saturday.Bhujbal, who ... Read more...
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Baramati mourns its residents’ death in Mantralaya fire (With images)
June 22nd, 2012 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) Baramati, a small town of Pune district Friday fell into a deep glum as it mourned the death of two residents - Umesh Potekar and Mahesh ... Read more...
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Mantralaya fire toll rises to five (Second Lead)
June 22nd, 2012 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) The toll in the major fire that swept the Maharashtra Mantralaya or state secretariat here climbed to five with two more bodies recovered from the sixth ... Read more...
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Mantralaya fire continues second day
June 22nd, 2012 - 10:39 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) The fire in the Maharashtra Mantralaya or secretariat which claimed two lives, and injured over a dozen more here continued Friday morning, with officials saying the ... Read more...
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Two killed, 16 injured in Mantralaya fire (Intro Night Lead) (With images)
June 22nd, 2012 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) Two people were killed and 16 others were injured when a major fire swept the Maharashtra Mantralaya or secretariat here Thursday, with officials saying late Thursday ... Read more...
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Two dead in Mantralaya fire
June 22nd, 2012 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) Two dead bodies were recovered from the sixth floor of the Mantralaya or the Maharashtra secretariat as the fire fighters were late Thursday still engaged in ... Read more...
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16 injured in Mantralaya fire, blaze under control (Night Lead) (With images)
June 21st, 2012 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) Sixteen people were injured as a major fire swept the Maharashtra Mantralaya or secretariat here Thursday, with officials saying that everyone had been rescued from the ... Read more...
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Mantralaya blaze: Chavan says fire controlled, orders probe (Lead)
June 21st, 2012 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Thursday said that the massive fire that gutted most of the top four floors of the Mantralaya or the state secretariat ... Read more...
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Massive fire at Maharashtra Mantralaya
June 21st, 2012 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) A massive fire broke out Thursday on the fourth floor of Maharashtra's state secretariat Mantralaya here.Massive flames leapt out of most parts of the fourth ... Read more...
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Woman plunges 80ft while throwing a spider
May 31st, 2012 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
London, May 30 (IANS) A young woman, who fell 80 ft from a hotel balcony in Majorca, an island in the Mediterranean, was trying to throw a spider out ... Read more...
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Jobless Italian throws kids from balcony, kills self
May 21st, 2012 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 21 (IANS) A 49-year-old Italian threw his 14-month-old son and four-year-old daughter to their deaths from their sixth-floor balcony and then leaped from it himself in despair after ... Read more...
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Now Pakistani men face revenge acid attacks from women
May 12th, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 12 (IANS) Using acid as a weapon to disfigure women has become a worrying trend in Pakistan. But now the tables seem to have been turned on them ... Read more...
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Woman jumps from Gurgaon high rise, dies
May 7th, 2012 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, May 7 (IANS) A 28-year-old woman jumped to her death Monday from the sixth floor of an apartment building, police said.Minakshi, the wife of 34-year-old Amit Kumar, jumped to ... Read more...
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Photographer falls to death at Moscow rally
May 7th, 2012 - 6:05 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A photographer trying to click bird's eye photos of a rally against Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin in Moscow fell to his death from a building, ... Read more...
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Finn man commits suicide in Delhi
April 15th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) A 27-year-old mentally unstable Finn committed suicide Sunday by jumping off the sixth floor of a car parking facility at the Indira Gandhi International Airport ... Read more...
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Man jumps to death
March 13th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) A 60-year-old man, reportedly suffering from depression due to chronic illness, Tuesday jumped to his death from the sixth floor of a north Delhi hospital, ... Read more...
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Fire at Lucknow hotel, no casualties
March 5th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 5 (IANS) A major fire broke out in a three-star hotel here Monday, badly damaging its top floor before it was extinguished after a tough two-hour battle, ... Read more...
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Man jumps off sixth floor of hospital
December 30th, 2011 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) A 23 year-old mentally disturbed man was in critical condition after he jumped off the sixth floor of a hospital, police said Friday."Usman, the victim, ... Read more...
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Thief starves for days in a locked-up flat
December 14th, 2011 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 14 (IANS) A burglar, who was accidentally locked up in an apartment by its owner in an eastern China city, was found barely breathing four days later as ... Read more...
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Roebuck’s family calls for second probe
December 5th, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Dec 5 (IANS) Peter Roebuck's family has asked for a second post-mortem examination, claiming that the cricketer-turned-commentator would not have committed suicide.They have already hired a British criminal lawyer ... Read more...
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Today is the 22nd assassination anniversary of John F. Kennedy
November 22nd, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Nov 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Today (the 22nd of November 2011) marks the 48th anniversary of the assassination of former US President John F. Kennedy. JFK, as he has become popularly known, ... Read more...
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Police to question male students in Roebuck’s suicide investigation
November 21st, 2011 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 21 (IANS) South African police have decided to question 16 male students, who lived with renowned sports commentator and writer Peter Roebuck in an eight-room house.The young men ... Read more...
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Man scales down high-rise building after lover’s tiff
April 27th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, April 27 (IANS) "You should go and die," said a woman to her boyfriend during an argument and the man promptly climbed out of the 20th floor window and ... Read more...
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Chinese woman suffocates to death after TV blast
April 26th, 2011 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, April 26 (IANS) A Chinese woman died of suffocation in her Shanghai apartment after a television set exploded in a flat below hers.Cai Shuwen, a student at the Shanghai ... Read more...
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Indian jailed for molesting minor girl in Dubai
February 22nd, 2011 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Feb 22 (IANS) A court in Dubai Tuesday found a 21-year-old Indian worker guilty of molesting a three-year-old girl, and ordered him to be deported after serving his sentence.The worker - ... Read more...
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Death toll reaches 69 in Delhi building collapse
November 18th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Three more bodies have been recovered from the debris of a collapsed building in east Delhi, taking the death toll in the tragedy three days ago to ... Read more...
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Anthony Franzese Sues Landlords For $21 Million
November 12th, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Nov 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Vietnam war veteran named Anthony Franzese got slammed in his head by a window Air Conditioner after it plunged from sixth floor. He suffered severe ... Read more...
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Obama praises Taj manager Kang, Moshe’s nanny
November 6th, 2010 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) Karambir Singh Kang, general manager of the Taj hotel here who saved lives even after losing his wife and sons in the 2008 terror attack, and the ... Read more...
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12-year-old Malaysian girl falls to her death after sex with 3 teens
October 27th, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 27 (ANI): A Malaysian girl aged 12 fell to her death while trying to escape onlookers who caught her having sex with three teenagers on the roof of the ... Read more...
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University of Texas gunman Colton Tooley commits suicide
September 29th, 2010 - 8:02 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There was a major AK-47 rifle attack on the campus of University of Texas, Austin when one of its students put a ski mask on his face ... Read more...
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Gunman Colton Tooley Fires Four Shots, Then Commits Suicide
September 29th, 2010 - 8:00 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Sep 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The students of University of Texas were terrorized yesterday after a second year student from Crockett High School from Mathematics department opened fire at the university. ... Read more...
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